Marine VHF Radio - Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies

Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies

Channel
number		 Frequencies (MHz) United Kingdom United States Canada Australia New Zealand Finland
A
Usually ship stations		 B
Usually coast stations
0 156.000 160.600 Private, coast guard A
1 156.050 160.650 Ship-to-ship/shore, commercial and safety
West Coast A 		Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
BC Coast		 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
2 156.100 160.700 Public
BC Coast		 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
3 156.150 160.750 A Illegal for public use1 Public
BC Coast/Inland		 Boat to Boat - Kawau Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
4 156.200 160.800 Ship-to-ship/shore, commercial and safety
East Coast and Inland A

Canadian Coast Guard - public working channel
BC Coast4 A

Boat to Boat - Tutukaka/Raglan Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
5 156.250 160.850 Ship Movements Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
6 156.300 160.900 Ship-to-ship + Ship-to-Air A Ship-to-ship + Ship-to-Air A Distress - Ship-to-Air Working - Intership A Ship-to-ship
also SAR: Ship-to-Ship + Ship-to-Air
7 156.350 160.950 General working channel Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
8 156.400 161.000 Ship-to-ship A Ship-to-ship
East and west coasts,
Lake Winnipeg A 		Working - Intership Working - Intership A Ship-to-ship
9 156.450 161.050 Frequently used by pilots A Calling A, commercial and non-commercial. Ship-to-air for maritime support
Atlantic and BC coasts A 		Pilots, Port Operations Port Operations A VTS
(Ship-to-ship + Port Operations
10 156.500 161.100 Frequently used by HM Coastguard A Ship-to-air - SAR and antipollution A
General working -
Atlantic and BC coasts,
Great Lakes		 Port Operations A Ship-to-ship
Port Operations
also SAR and oil cleanup
only VTS on Gulf of Finland
11 156.550 161.150 Port Operations VTS - BC Coast
Pilotage A 		Port Operations A Port Operations
12 156.600 161.200 Port Operations VTS - San Francisco offshore
Pilotage A 		VTS - BC Coast
Port and pilot ops A 		Port Operations, VTS Port Operations A Port Operations
13 156.650 161.250 Bridge-to-Bridge Working A Bridge-to-Bridge safety A : Vessels > 20m must maintain watch, Tx limited to 1 watt.

Movable bridge / lock operations.

 VTS - BC Coast
Bridge-to-bridge safety A 		Port Operations, VTS Intership Nav Safety A Pilots
Ship-to-ship
Port Operations
14 156.700 161.300 Port Operations VTS - San Francisco Bay and Delta
Pilotage A 		VTS - BC Coast
Port and pilot ops A 		Port Operations A Working channel for SAR authorities, Turku Radio
(Port Operations)
15 156.750 161.350 On board working (limited to 1 watt) A A max 1 W
Intraship
Ship-to-ship
Port Operations
16 156.800 156.800
International distress, safety and calling A

All vessels equipped with VHF must maintain watch.
17 156.850 161.450 On board Working A Aquatic Sports Events A max 1 W
Intraship
Ship-to-ship
Port Operations
18 156.900 161.500 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
19 156.950 161.550 Landside facilities: harbormaster, marinas. Canadian Coast Guard - Working Channel Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
20 157.000 161.600 Repeater Operations Continuous Weather
Maritime Safety Service		 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
21 157.050 161.650 A U.S. Coast Guard Only Continuous marine broadcasts B (WX 8) Continuous Weather
Maritime Safety Service		 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
22 157.100 161.700 A U.S. Coast Guard—public working channel2 Continuous Weather
Maritime Safety Service		 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
23 157.150 161.750 HM Coastguard Maritime Safety Information A U.S. Coast Guard Only Continuous Weather
Maritime Safety Service		 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
24 157.200 161.800 UKSAR G/A Winching A
UKSAR TWC B 		Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
25 157.250 161.850 Maritime Radio Working Channel Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
26 157.300 161.900 HM Coastguard Maritime Safety Information Public correspondence (marine telephone operator) Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
27 157.350 161.950 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
28 157.400 162.000 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
60 156.025 160.625 GOFREP on Gulf of Finland
Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
61 156.075 160.675 A Illegal for public use1 GOFREP (Estonia) on Gulf of Finland
Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
62 156.125 160.725 UKSAR Calling & Helicopter Channel A
UKSAR TWC B 		Boat to Boat - Waiheke/Whangaroa Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
63 156.175 160.775 UKSAR TWC (simplex) Boat to Boat - Manukau Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
64 156.225 160.825 UKSAR TWC (simplex) A Illegal for public use1 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
65 156.275 160.875 Marine Assistance Working Channel Boat to Boat - Coromandel Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
66 156.325 160.925 Marinas - BC Coast A Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
67 156.375 160.975 UK Small Ship Safety Channel Working Channel, Marine Weather Maritime Radio Working Channel A VTS
(Ship-to-ship + Port Operations)
68 156.425 161.275 Non-commercial A Maritime Radio Working Channel A Port Operations
69 156.475 161.075 Port Operations Non-commercial A Australian Navy Maritime Radio Working channel
Surf Lifesaving		 A Ship-to-ship
Port Operations
70 156.525 161.125 Digital Selective Calling A
71 156.575 161.175 Non-commercial A Maritime Radio Working Channel A VTS
(Ship-to-ship + Port Operations) Port Operations
72 156.625 161.225 Ship-to-ship A Non-commercial ship-to-ship A Ship-to-ship A Ship-to-ship
Ship-to-air
73 156.675 161.275 HM Coastguard Safety Broadcasts Ship-to-ship Marinas - Working A Ship-to-ship

Ship-to-air
(Port Operations)
74 156.725 161.325 British Waterways Channel (Canal System) Ship-to-ship Working - Coast/Ship A Port Operations
75 156.775 161.375 Navigaton related communicatins (limited to 1 watt) A Restricted
Ship-to-ship
Port Operations
76 156.825 161.425 A Restricted
Port Operations
77 156.875 161.475 Ship-to-ship A Ship-to-ship A Ship-to-ship
78 156.925 161.525 Non-commercial A Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
79 156.975 161.575 Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
80 157.025 161.625 UK Marina Channel Repeater Operations Coastguard Radio - Working Channel GOFREP on Gulf of Finland
Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
81 157.075 161.675 A U.S. Government Use Only Repeater Operations Coastguard Radio - Working Channel GOFREP (Estonia) on Gulf of Finland
Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
82 157.125 161.725 A U.S. Government Use Only Canadian Coast Guard - Working Channel Coastguard Radio - Working Channel Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
83 157.175 161.775 A U.S. Coast Guard Use Only Continuous Marine Broadcasts B (WX 9) Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
84 157.225 161.825 HM Coastguard Maritime Safety Information Coastguard Radio - Working Channel Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
85 157.275 161.875 UKSAR TWC (simplex) Radio Telephone - Duplex Coastguard Radio - Working Channel Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
86 157.325 161.925 HM Coastguard Maritime Safety Information Coastguard Radio - Working Channel Public Correspondence (Ship-to-Shore Duplex)
Port Operations
87 157.375 161.975 Automatic Identification System B
88 157.425 162.025 Automatic Identification System B

Notes:

1: Some radios enable channels 3A, 61A, and 64A when configured for "USA mode" even though those channels are allocated exclusively for Public Safety use by the FCC. The frequencies 156.075, 156.150, and 156.225 MHz are used for interoperability communication by police and fire departments in many areas.

2: Channel 22A is reserved for communication between the U.S. Coast Guard vessels and private vessels. The Coast Guard does not monitor 22A: Contact must first be established on 16.

3: UKSAR land based search & rescue teams have access to the simplexed versions of 24, 62, 63, 64, 85 for operational & training needs. These include Mountain Rescue teams in England, Wales & Scotland.

4: CCG public operations moved from 22A to 04A to avoid interference from USCG stations in northern Washington state.

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